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Coconino, Arizona

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86023. It stands on Bright Angel Wash. The Survey maps it on the Tusayan West quadrangle.

Coconino within Coconino County

On record in Coconino

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Photographs

8 of 24 photographs shown, 2018

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Scene in Coconino County, Arizona, along the road between Flagstaff and Grand Canyon National Park
Scene in Coconino County, Arizona, along the road between Flagstaff and Grand Canyon National Park
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Some of the work of Chip Thomas, a Navajo Nation physician in northeast Arizona who is better known for his artwork, scattered on sheds and water towers across the tribal lands that stretch as far as southern Utah and western New Mexico. These paintings appear near the small settlement of Cameron in Coconino County, Arizona
Some of the work of Chip Thomas, a Navajo Nation physician in northeast Arizona who is better known for his artwork, scattered on sheds and water towers across the tribal lands that stretch as far as southern Utah and western New Mexico. These paintings appear near the small settlement of Cameron in Coconino County, Arizona
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
A portion of the Wukoki Ruins, once one of several scattered high-desert settlement at what is now the Wupatki National Monument, a National Park Service-protected series of structures built by ancient Puebloan people beginning about 500 A.D., northeast of what is now Flagstaff in Coconino County, Arizona
A portion of the Wukoki Ruins, once one of several scattered high-desert settlement at what is now the Wupatki National Monument, a National Park Service-protected series of structures built by ancient Puebloan people beginning about 500 A.D., northeast of what is now Flagstaff in Coconino County, Arizona
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Highlands landscape in Coconino County, Arizona, near the Wupatki National Monument, a National Park Service-protected settlement of structures built by ancient Puebloan people beginning about 500 A.D., northeast of what is now Flagstaff
Highlands landscape in Coconino County, Arizona, near the Wupatki National Monument, a National Park Service-protected settlement of structures built by ancient Puebloan people beginning about 500 A.D., northeast of what is now Flagstaff
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
A portion of the largest pueblo at the Wupatki National Monument, a National Park Service-protected settlement of structures built by ancient Puebloan people beginning about 500 A.D., northeast of what is now Flagstaff in Coconino County, Arizona
A portion of the largest pueblo at the Wupatki National Monument, a National Park Service-protected settlement of structures built by ancient Puebloan people beginning about 500 A.D., northeast of what is now Flagstaff in Coconino County, Arizona
Highsmith, Carol M, 2018. Library of Congress
Tuba City Boarding School, Navajo Reservation, Main Street & West Cedar Avenue, Tuba City, Coconino County, AZ
Tuba City Boarding School, Navajo Reservation, Main Street & West Cedar Avenue, Tuba City, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Wupatki, Citadel Ruin, U.S. Highway 89, Loop Road, Flagstaff, Coconino County, AZ
Wupatki, Citadel Ruin, U.S. Highway 89, Loop Road, Flagstaff, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Lee's Ferry, Old Spencer Cabin, U.S. Route Alternate 89, Page, Coconino County, AZ
Lee's Ferry, Old Spencer Cabin, U.S. Route Alternate 89, Page, Coconino County, AZ
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Coconino County

Fires near this place

347 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Coconino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 914 acres in total. 162 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural162
Recreation and ceremony136
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestTRICK
8 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKaibab National Forestnot named
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestAPACHE
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestCOCONINO
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreGrand Canyon National ParkRIM
4 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKaibab National Forestnot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTusayan Fire District218
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreKaibab National ForestPOND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coconino County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Coconino: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Eastern Star Claims MS 1210aCopperPast Producer
Eastern Star MineCopperPast ProducerVein
Southern StarCopperPast Producer
Southern Star MineCopperPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Coconino County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Apex3.6 miles19
Tusayan4.1 miles19
Grand Canyon5.2 miles39
Woodin10.5 miles18
Willaha16.4 miles18
North Rim16.6 miles39
Vista Encantada20.2 miles24
Valle23.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 24374. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.